“Qingran darling, I’ve already learned a bit of the <Qinglian Sword Canon>. I’ll make you into an unparalleled sword immortal right now!”
[Qingran, you’ve been in the sect for some time. It’s about time your master teaches you some self-defense techniques.]
Just as Li Qingran was about to sit down for meditation practice, her master’s voice echoed through the void.
Her master was finally going to teach her some techniques?
Li Qingran felt immense joy inside.
“Yes, Master! Your disciple will definitely study hard and absolutely won’t let you down!”
She sat obediently on the cushion, placed her hands on her knees, lifted her head, and straightened her chest, without noticing that her kneeling posture accentuated her slim waist and full, round bottom. The eager anticipation and admiration in her eyes made Chen Huaian’s heart tremble violently.
What a skilled performance!
Chen Huaian sighed at this for the nth time.
[Today, I shall teach you one volume of sword techniques named <Qinglian Sword Canon>, which has thirty-six chapters and twelve forms. I’ll first teach you the first twelve chapters and the first two forms.]
“Why not all thirty-six chapters and twelve forms?” Li Qingran clenched her hands on her knees, her brows showing a hint of tension and urgency as she cautiously said:
“Master, your disciple will certainly study diligently. I’m not that stupid. Master, you can try giving me everything at once!”
[Ahem ahem, it’s not that I think you’re unintelligent, but this sword technique is powerful. We must start with the basics and proceed step by step. You can’t rush things like eating hot tofu.]
Upon hearing Chen Huaian’s words, Li Qingran quieted down.
As long as Master didn’t think she was foolish, that was fine.
Previously, when she returned to the Bluecloud Sect, Qingxuan Daoist and Lu Changtian had said many things about how she was dumb and foolish. Now that she was with Chen Huaian, she wanted to prove herself and leave a good impression on him.
Having been abandoned too often,
she didn’t want to be thrown away like garbage again.
[Now, I will demonstrate the first chapter to the twelfth chapter of the <Qinglian Sword Canon> for you, then I will break them down one by one. Pay close attention!]
Following the game prompt, Chen Huaian set his phone on a selfie stick, and the game automatically switched to the front camera recording mode.
“How to say, next I just directly perform the entire sequence?”
He saw a small box pop up in the top left corner of the screen.
Inside the box was a white-haired venerable figure dressed in dark robes, holding the Black Scaled Sword, making exactly the same movements as he was doing at that moment.
Chen Huaian performed the “monkey looking at the moon” gesture.
The venerable figure followed suit identically.
“Oh, this is my game character. I remember now.”
Chen Huaian came back to his senses.
He roughly understood what the game meant.
If this wasn’t a game, then what Li Qingran would see would be the white-haired venerable figure, not the bald man in pajamas before her.
The reality matched Chen Huaian’s thoughts.
At the moment the words “pay close attention” fell.
Li Qingran blinked, and found herself no longer in the small wooden house, but instead in a dimly lit independent space. However, amidst the dimness, there was a streak of brightness — the figure standing five meters ahead.
Dressed in white, carrying a sword, his silver hair like snow.
It was her master.
This master did not have the terrifying pressure and oppression from the Bluecloud Sect, yet it made her heart ripple even more.
The master from the Bluecloud Sect was too distant, like a divine being high above. The current master seemed finally within reach, no longer an unattainable mirage.
[Sigh, pay attention carefully while listening!]
Unbeknownst to her,
the master had already walked up to her.
A ruler lightly tapped her head with a ‘pa’.
It didn’t hurt, but her cheeks grew increasingly hot, wishing she could find a place to hide.
“Fun! Disciples daydreaming can still interact! The expressions are so lifelike.” Chen Huaian tapped Li Qingran’s forehead with the ruler, waiting until she focused and sat obediently before he began demonstrating the moves.
…
Meanwhile.
On Sunset Peak, a flying sword descended.
Xu An stepped down from the flying sword, holding two wine gourds.
This was the spirit wine he brewed; the alcohol content had been reduced by three parts and wouldn’t intoxicate. Used as a beverage, it tasted sweet, could stimulate appetite and calm the mind, and also accelerated the absorption of spiritual energy.
“Sister said the new junior sister has taken the uninhabited Ten Thousand Swords Peak, and we elder siblings naturally should offer much assistance. But out of the six jars of newly brewed spirit wine I prepared, only three remain…”
Xu An shook his head and sighed.
If he gave two more jars to Junior Sister, he would only have one jar left.
But if he only took one jar, it wouldn’t seem proper.
Ultimately, face matters more than substance.
If it needs to be given, then give it.
“I heard Junior Sister is in the stone house at the top of the mountain…
Wait, a stone house?! ”
Xu An froze, his eyes wide open.
Damn it, is this still Sunset Peak?
Did I accidentally end up in Spirit Intuition Valley?!
Where was the stone house on the mountaintop? Clearly, it was a finely decorated wooden residence, and most importantly, there were ten plots of cultivated spiritual fields around the house, with spiritual energy overflowing from the soil almost forming mist.
The wooden house was half-hidden among bamboo groves, with a stream flowing gently from deep within the bamboo forest. At the edge of the wooden house, it gathered into a clear pool where lotus flowers bloomed, and several cranes flapped their wings playing in the water.
“Clear pools reflect bamboo groves, lotus blossoms embellish the pavilion corridors.”
Looking at the scenery before the door, Xu An couldn’t help but sway his head and sigh repeatedly: “This is what a true immortal’s abode should look like! Compared to this, my dwelling might as well be a doghouse!”
So here’s the question.
How did this junior sister manage to arrange the mountaintop like this in half a day?
And how to explain these ten spiritual fields?
Could it be some kind of magical artifact?!
Xu An glanced at the two wine jars in his hand and suddenly felt they weren’t impressive enough to present. He was never good at socializing, and seeing this scene made him even more awkward.
“Alright, I won’t go inside.”
Xu An stopped at the stone steps in front of the wooden house, placed the wine jars on a rock, and was about to leave when he suddenly sensed a faint trace of dao essence emanating from the small wooden house.
His expression changed slightly as he murmured: “Is this junior sister’s talent so extraordinary that she has attained enlightenment after just half a day?”
He looked around and discovered that there were no defensive measures around the wooden house.
“Attaining enlightenment is crucial in cultivation and should not be disturbed. Let me set up a concealment array for Junior Sister.”
Xu An slapped his waist and shouted! A black flying sword shot out, circling around the wooden house. After drawing a few symbols, the array was completed. Once the sword returned to its sheath, he sprinkled some spirit stones at the array’s focal point.
There was no danger in the Sword Pavilion.
The purpose of setting up the concealment array was to inform others that the person inside did not wish to be disturbed, a sort of alternative warning.
After completing all this, Xu An nodded in satisfaction, gazing at the wooden house hidden within the array, shaking his head and saying:
“Interesting, interesting～”
“The new junior sister managed to cultivate ten spiritual fields in less than half a day. I must tell everyone about this soon and invite them to come see the spectacle on the peak of Sunset Peak. It’s also a chance to follow the traditions of the Sword Pavilion!”
He seemed to have thought of something amusing.
He threw his head back and laughed loudly.
Turning around, he stepped onto the flying sword and soared into the sky.
